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3 killed in bus-ambulance collision in Rangpur

Three people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an ambulance in Rangpur on Wednesday morning.

The incident took place on Rangpur-Syedpur road at Bachurbandha area in Taraganj upazila of the district around 7am. 

Of the deceased, the ambulance driver was identified as Rubel.

The injured people were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

Golam Kibria, Officer-in-charge of Taraganj Highway Police Station, said a Syedpur-bound bus of Dipjal Paribahan collided head-on with an ambulance in the area leaving two people dead on the spot.

On information, highway police rushed to the spot and admitted three injured people to RMCH where the doctors declared one of them dead, the OC added.